First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,834
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$11,836
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,113
Montana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Montana — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$60,670
Kept after tax
$48,834
Worth in national money
$54,113
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Montana sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,670, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 205 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,670 the take-home is $48,834; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,113 would nationally. The average comes to $64,610, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Montana occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling: a median of $60,670, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 205 of 475 in Montana places first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Montana, on $60,670, is $48,834 — equivalent to $54,113 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $64,610 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,510 |
| This salary | $60,670 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Montana | $48,834 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,928 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,704 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,063 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,061 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Montana earn less than $60,670. The published range is $44,670 up to $91,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,834 take-home in Montana comes from $60,670. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 205 of 475.
- Two cautions on $54,113, the adjusted value of that $60,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Montana. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 205 of 475 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling in Montana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,670 to $91,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,834, from $60,670, assumes a single Montana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 205 of 475 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- This $54,113 adjusted figure, worked from $60,670, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 205 of 475 in the state. The occupation ranks 205 of 475 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $64,610 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $44,670 and the top tenth $91,510 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Montana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,113 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Montana's own levy, $48,834 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Montana is $64,610. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,670) and the ninetieth ($91,510) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Montana's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $54,113 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $48,834 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Montana income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.